Show Wool Needlework Contest on test Announced An nou ned The National Hand Knitting Yarn Association and American American American Ameri Ameri- can Wool Council are cosponsors spon co sors of the 1965 National Wool Needlework contest being held for the third successive year at fairs throughout the country SO ITS IT'S timely as well as smart for knitters and cro cro- to try their hand at turning a hobby and a talent into fun and fame by putting their skills against fellow need- need lers for this 1965 contest To allow local residents to participate in the national competition competition com com- petition entries first must be submitted for local judging at atthe atthe atthe the Davis County Fair which is to be held Aug 21 20 at the Davis County Fairgrounds in Kaysville IT IS OPEN to all nonprofessional nonprofessional nonprofessional pro non The grand national champion champion champion cham cham- pion who will be chosen by a judging board of nationally recognized recognized recognized rec rec- authorities in the art needlework field will receive a grand national prize of 1000 a trip to New York for two including including including in in- a three day stay and anda a special engraved trophy Other Other Other Oth Oth- er national winners in addition to the grand national champion champion champion cham cham- pion will also receive cash awards and ribbons Local participants will be offered offered offered of of- six different categories three each for knitting and crocheting crocheting cro cro- in which to enter with no limits set as to the number of categories entered by a contestant contestant contestant con con- or the number of entries entries en tries in a single classification CATEGORIES for both knitting knit knit- knitting knitting ting ting- and crocheting include afghans af- af afghans afghans sweaters and three piece baby sets A first place blue ribbon award in any of these six categories in the judging judging judging judg judg- ing being held at the local fair hen then makes the contestant eligible eligible eligible eli eli- gible for the national judging being held i in New York late in In In addition six to six blue ribbon awards to be presented at the fair an engraved trophy will be awarded to one of the six first place winners in the National Wool Needlework Contest Contest Contest Con Con- test adjudged Best of Fair Second and third place winners winners winners win win- ners in each classification will willbe willbe willbe be awarded a red and white ribbon respectively rHE NAMES of the six first place winners selected by the fair will then be sent by the fair to the National Hand Knitting Knitting Knit Knit- ting Yarn Association which will supply the winners with complete information and official official cial forms for entering their winning designs in the national finals All articles submitted for judging in the 1965 National Wool Needlework Contest must be knitted or crocheted of ten per cent wool or mohair yarn purchased in the United States Entries must have been completed completed com com- since Jan 1 1 1965 and each entry must carry one label label label la la- bel of the yarn used FOR FURTHER information regarding the 1965 National Wool Needlework contest its rules and how to submit entries entries en en- tries potential t s should contact Darrell Stokes fair secretary Davis County Courthouse Farmington or at atthe atthe atthe the Davis County Fair |